Enrollment Trends at Lewis & Clark

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,418 where 3,504 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

61.04% of total students is undergraduate students and 38.96% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 70 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 48 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.99 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Lewis & Clark than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Lewis & Clark College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,526	2,209	867	1,342	1,317	462	855
2016-17	3,419 -107	2,134 -75	823 -44	1,311 -31	1,285 -32	423 -39	862 7
2017-18	3,339 -80	2,106 -28	883 60	1,223 -88	1,233 -52	386 -37	847 -15
2018-19	3,396 57	2,087 -19	824 -59	1,263 40	1,309 76	384 -2	925 78
2019-20	3,223 -173	1,935 -152	753 -71	1,182 -81	1,288 -21	357 -27	931 6
2020-21	3,157 -66	1,830 -105	689 -64	1,141 -41	1,327 39	383 26	944 13
2021-22	3,499 342	2,116 286	769 80	1,347 206	1,383 56	397 14	986 42
2022-23	3,595 96	2,204 88	783 14	1,421 74	1,391 8	386 -11	1,005 19
2023-24	3,526 -69	2,194 -10	807 24	1,387 -34	1,332 -59	378 -8	954 -51
2024-25	3,504 -22	2,139 -55	796 -11	1,343 -44	1,365 33	374 -4	991 37
Average	3,418	2,095	799	1,296	1,323	393	930

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,095 where 2,139 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Lewis & Clark College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,209	2,177	852	1,325	32	15	17
2016-17	2,134	2,102	808	1,294	32	15	17
2017-18	2,106	2,067	863	1,204	39	20	19
2018-19	2,087	2,058	809	1,249	29	15	14
2019-20	1,935	1,904	737	1,167	31	16	15
2020-21	1,830	1,812	684	1,128	18	5	13
2021-22	2,116	2,097	757	1,340	19	12	7
2022-23	2,204	2,181	771	1,410	23	12	11
2023-24	2,194	2,164	789	1,375	30	18	12
2024-25	2,139	2,095	768	1,327	44	28	16
Average	2,095	2,095	784	1,282	2,095	16	14

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,323 where 1,365 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Lewis & Clark College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,317	990	378	612	327	84	243
2016-17	1,285	914	327	587	371	96	275
2017-18	1,233	875	289	586	358	97	261
2018-19	1,309	881	261	620	428	123	305
2019-20	1,288	904	270	634	384	87	297
2020-21	1,327	900	273	627	427	110	317
2021-22	1,383	949	281	668	434	116	318
2022-23	1,391	1,028	291	737	363	95	268
2023-24	1,332	983	281	702	349	97	252
2024-25	1,365	936	262	674	429	112	317
Average	1,323	1,323	291	645	1,323	102	285

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.39%. The percentage was 65.43% 10 years ago and Lewis & Clark still has a high percentage of white students. 4.62% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.65% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.01% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 65.43% to 61.39%. Asian enrollment declined from 4.76% to 4.62%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.21% to 2.65%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.91% to 12.01%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6013 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5596 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lewis & Clark College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	29	168	78	314	12	2,307	138
2016-17	36	177	78	305	13	2,240	120
2017-18	36	182	90	337	15	2,171	142
2018-19	29	167	92	333	16	2,205	185
2019-20	21	144	95	381	15	2,121	192
2020-21	14	151	84	380	9	2,092	210
2021-22	21	175	79	407	6	2,354	221
2022-23	20	193	85	404	7	2,428	224
2023-24	8	176	90	424	9	2,328	241
2024-25	11	162	93	421	7	2,151	237
Average	23	170	86	371	11	2,240	191